Christmas Salad
They say the holidays are never a good time to start a new diet. There is just too much food around and I know that I cannot resist.
That’s what New Year’s is for! Christmas Salad is one of those delicious recipes that graces our family’s table.
It’s called Christmas Salad because the ingredients have all the colours of Christmas!
Christmas Salad
This fresh, bright salad is made with broccoli, cauliflower, red onion and cherry tomatoes mixed with a creamy dressing. It’s the kind of salad you want to heap on your plate. It’s so good! I love each crisp, crunchy and creamy bite.
Christmas is my favourite time of year. Giving and receiving gifts feels wonderful and seeing the joy on everyone’s faces when they open their presents.
Most of all, I love all that food! I enjoy spending time in the kitchen with my family preparing recipes. It’s a time of lots of laughs and togetherness. Family and making memories.
This Christmas Salad is easy to prepare and you can make it ahead of time and leave it in the fridge. I brought it to our last family gathering and everyone raved about how good it was.
It gave my mom’s Pineapple Cheese Salad a run for her money.
How to Make Christmas Salad
Grab a big salad bowl and add in the broccoli, red onion, cauliflower and cherry tomatoes.
In another bowl, whisk together mayonnaise, sour cream and sugar. Pour over the veggies and toss until everything is coated with the dressing. Put in the fridge for a minimum of one hour to marinate. Serve chilled.
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If you would have served me this Christmas Salad 30 years ago, I would have balked and run for the hills. I hated all vegetables with a passion. I wouldn’t even try them.
Fast forward to today and I cannot get enough of them. I don’t know what happened. It was like a veggie hating switch flicked when I turned 20 years old.
I feel bad for all the trouble I gave my mom at the dinner table as a child. Sorry Mom!
For more salads to serve this holiday season, check out my Chicken Salad with Grapes, Broccoli Salad, Beet Salad, Waldorf Salad and Creamy Fruit Salad.
You’ll also like Christmas Pretzel Salad, Christmas Lasagna, Christmas Ham and Christmas Fluff.
Christmas Salad
Ingredients
- 1 head broccoli chopped into florets
- 1 head cauliflower chopped into florets
- 1 red onion thinly sliced
- 2 cups cherry tomatoes halved
Dressing
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- ½ cup sour cream
- 1 tbsp sugar
Instructions
- Add veggies into a salad bowl.
- In another bowl, whisk together mayonnaise, sour cream and sugar. Pour over veggies and toss together.
- Chill in the fridge one hour before serving.
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My husband nor I like cauliflower. I am wondering if baby carrots cut in about three pieces would be ok? That way they wouldn’t be too big to take over the salad with crunch. What does someone think? I so dislike mushrooms so that is not an option.
I think you could put whatever veggie you like. My family doesn’t like raw onion so I would have a little. You can buy the carrot coins that way you don’t have huge chunks.
Can we see your moms pineapple salad ?
I wanna see this recipe too!!!
I want to see the cheese pineapple salad recipe too! I make a hot pineapple cheese casserole. Love it!
I make this every year, love it!
Just thinking that rather than putting sugar in the dressing how about whole grain mustard or English mustard, it would lower the calories and add a bit of zing
I bet it would be tasty! I love mixing mustard and mayo together.
I cannot wait to make this delicious sounding recipe! I was wondering if plain yogurt, could in someway be substituted for the mayonnaise? If not, I will still make it, it has my mouth-watering just thinking about it! It is only Autumn right now, but I am thinking about getting the ingredients today, and making it, as a dry-run for Christmas! I know my family will love it!
I haven’t tried it with yogurt, but I don’t see why it wouldn’t work. Maybe try 1/2 cup mayo and 1/2 cup plain yogurt and see what it tastes like. I love mayonnaise so I always use it.
I can’t wait to make this for Christmas, we love broccoli salad, so I’m sure it will be a hit as well! It’s only the end of October & I’m thinking I may have to make a one just because I can’t wait, then, share with the rest of the family. (Lol) I will be trying this, thank you for sharing. I’m copying this recipe now.
I hope you enjoy it!
Do you salt and pepper the salad? Seems like it would need something?
You can if you like. I find it doesn’t need it, but do a taste test and see what you think.
I use yogurt instead of Mayo because I have someone that is allergic to eggs. You cannot tell the difference. I use plain unflavored yogurt.
Could you add crispy bacon to this? They say bacon makes everything better, even though, it sounds delicious on its own. I will definitely be making this one for Christmas!!
Yes, I bet it would be even more delicious with bacon! It does make everything better!
Do we have to boil or cook the Cauliflower or Broccoli first?
No, they both are raw.